Anita Marshall Showcases Extraordinary Beauty in These 6 Swimwear Pics

The model was featured in the 2020 SI Swimsuit Issue after posing in the Dominican Republic.

Cara O’Bleness | Nov 13, 2023

Anita Marshall was photographed by Kate Powers in the Dominican Republic.

Kate Powers/Sports Illustrated

A rookie in the 2020 SI Swimsuit Issue, Anita Marshall traveled to the Dominican Republic for her photoshoot with Kate Powers.

The influencer, who is signed with Dorothy Combs Models, used the opportunity to not only add to her own portfolio, but to represent fellow size 14-16 women in the annual publication. In fact, she told Fox News that the opportunity to pose for the SI Swimsuit Issue was incredibly meaningful to her on a personal level.

“Growing up, I didn’t see myself represented as a standard of beauty, whether that be in television, whether it be in a magazine—no matter where it was. I didn’t see me,” Marshall stated. “So being able to [be] that image that a little girl can see and say, ‘Oh wow, that girl has braids like me, how cool.’ Just being able to be that representation for another girl means the world to me. Another girl doesn’t have to grow up feeling, ‘Am I beautiful? I don’t know because that’s not what I see when I turn on my TV or when I go to the store and I look at a billboard.’”

In addition to embodying that “life-changing” representation, as she referred to it, the opportunity was yet another incredible accomplishment in Marshall’s modeling career. She’s also worked with notable brands like Essence, Good American and Lane Bryant.

Below, we’re throwing it back to a few of our favorite SI Swimsuit photographs of Marshall in the Dominican Republic, captured by Powers.

Anita Marshall — Kate Powers/Sports Illustrated

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Published Nov 13, 2023

CARA O’BLENESS

Cara O’Bleness is a writer and editor on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit. Prior to joining SI Swimsuit in 2022, she worked as a writer and editor across a number of content verticals, including food, lifestyle, health and wellness, and small business and entrepreneurship. In her free time, O’Bleness loves reading, spending time with her family and making her way through Michigan’s many microbreweries. She is a graduate of Michigan State University’s School of Journalism.